The World Health Organization (WHO) launched its Guideline for the Non-Surgical Management of Chronic Primary Low Back Pain in Adults in Primary and Community Care Settings. The WHO Guideline presents a strong endorsement of the EPIC (evidence-based, people-centred, inter-professional and collaborative) pillars that were set out by the World Federation of Chiropractic (WFC) in 2017. …
Sunday 16th October is World Spine Day. For the month of October and November 2022, any patient’s family member or friend (WHO’S CURRENTLY NOT AN EXISTING PATIENT) will be entitled to the following: A free Spinal Screening at our offices inside Virgin Active (VA) Richards Bay. Please phone and book (a 10min slot), and quote …
Who should perform dry needling? This question is best answered by asking which Health Care Professional (HCP) has the most expertise in the field of Myofascial Pain and Dysfunction Syndrome (MPDS) and dry needling. South African (SA) trained Chiropractors study for 6 years and are the only HCP’s to study the subject of dry needling …
Your Chiropractor has recommended that you consider dry needling, and you have opted to ‘think about it’ before committing. This blog post provides more information on the topic. Brief history of dry needling? Dry needling forms part of a broader subject known as Myofascial Pain and Dysfunction Syndrome (MPDS). Dry needling was developed and pioneered …
Sciatica is a symptom of lower limb (leg) pain due to slipped discs or pinched nerves in the spine. However, according to studies from Wisconsin in the Unites States, 95% of all leg pains aren’t due to true pinched nerves. Many leg pains are either due to muscles or joints referring pain into the lower …
In our previous instalment regarding musculo-skeletal conditions, we had ended by stating that these conditions tend to recur and become chronic (ie: lasting longer than 3-6 months), and alluded to us dealing with those concepts in this current issue. In this instalment, we shall also discuss how frequently we should be managing chronic pain. A …
People often wonder how their pain came on, without having necessarily injured themselves. Actually, most musculo-skeletal conditions do not have an actual cause or associated injury. So one might ask how these musculo-skeletal conditions actually occur, then? Injuries DO cause musculo-skeletal pains, but these are actually less common than many people realise. To understand this …